With two weeks to go before the end of the year, the private equity can begin to congratulate itself on the conclusion of a historic exercise at least as far as SME financing is concerned. In 2014, the regulation of SME venture capital funds was implemented, which has led to the creation of 8 SME venture capital funds.

Venture capital for industrial SMEs

During his speech at a conference on"risk capital and industry"Audera advanced some measures that the Ministry of Industry has planned to implement to improve the financing of SMEs, increase their size and foster their innovative capacity, one of them was to increase the participation of venture capital in SME financing.

"In Spain, bank financing currently accounts for around 80% of liquidity needs, well above the 40% in other Anglo-Saxon countries."

Diego Gutierrez, Baker Tilly

Small steps are already being taken, During 2014 the volume of investment carried out by venture capital funds stood at €3,465 million spread over 580 deals, a 45 % increase in volume for the same number of deals, when compared to 2013 activity.

Investments in industrial products and services accounted for 13.8 % of the total with 11.2 % in the number of transactions.

Venture capital operations in the industrial sector in the last quarter

Iberdrola, through its venture capital fund Iberdrola, through its venture capital fund Iberdrola, through its venture capital fund Iberdrola, through its venture capital fundor Perseus and the CDTI, part of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, invested in November 700,000 euros in the Basque company Atten2,  with the aim of promoting the development of this company and consolidating it within its sector.

Atten2 is focused on the design, manufacture and marketing of sensors for monitoring the state of fluids, mainly oil, in industrial applications. Among its uses, those related to the production and distribution of electricity stand out..

Figueras, global leader in the design ands and the manufacturer of high value-added seating solutions for public spaces, has received €10m in financing from Abac Capital to fund its working capital, refinance its debt and invest in developing and enhancing its global leadership.

Based in Lliçà d'Amunt (Barcelona), Figueras was founded more than 50 years ago and has since grown steadily to become a global leader in its industry. In recent years, the Company has experienced liquidity strains that have hindered its ambitious growth plan.

In October The Spanish industrial technology group Carbures formalised a €30m capitalisable loan facility with the fund Black Toro Capital (BTC).

 This December, Carbures has closed a new financial transaction with Black Toro Capital for an amount of €35M which is instrumented through warrants covered in a capital increase for that amount.

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